Epictetus — "Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it.…"

"If a man does not know to what port he is sailing, no wind is favorable."

"What you shun enduring yourself, attempt not to impose on others. You shun slavery- beware enslaving others! If you can endure to do that, one would think you had been once upon a time a slave yoursel…"

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."

"Every difficulty in life is a chance for us to turn inward and to discover the resources we possess to deal with that difficulty. The resources are not without, but within."

"You will be an admirable person, if you care for nothing but your own will."